Marc Fitapelli
Marc Fitapelli
- New York attorney Marc Fitapelli is the founder and managing partner of MDF Law, a law firm focused exclusively on representing investors, consumers, and families harmed by financial misconduct. His practice concentrates on securities fraud, investment misconduct, consumer fraud, arbitration claims, and institutional failures by crypto platforms, broker-dealers, and technology platforms.
- Marc regularly represents clients in complex arbitration proceedings, including matters before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as well as in state and federal courts. His work frequently involves disputes arising from unauthorized transactions, unsuitable investments, Ponzi schemes, account takeovers, and failures by financial institutions to implement or follow reasonable safeguards. Marc also has extensive experience representing crypto investors in consumer arbitration matters before the American Arbitration Association, or AAA.
- Marc began his legal career at large national law firms, including Epstein, Becker & Green, PC and Gibbons P.C. In 2011, he founded his own law firm to dedicate his practice exclusively to advocating for investors, consumers, and individuals harmed by financial misconduct. Marc is admitted to practice law in New York and has appeared in federal courts across the country. He is experienced in representing clients nationwide in arbitration and related proceedings where permitted by law.
- Marc earned his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Labor and Employment Law Journal. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from St. Francis College. He also holds certification as a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator, reflecting his experience with digital-asset-related disputes.
- Marc was born and raised in New York City, where he lives with his family.
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Notable Cases in the News
- On August 22, 2024, Marc was on the front page of the Washington Post for a case involving Gold Star families. In that case, Marc and MDF Law represented families who were defrauded by a trusted financial professional who exploited his position to target grieving military survivors, steering them into unsuitable and risky investments that resulted in millions of dollars in losses. The representation focused on holding accountable those who abused positions of trust and failed to protect some of the most vulnerable families in the country.
- On July 20, 2023, CNBC reported that Marc and MDF Law represented a family in a substantial Ponzi scheme case against Morgan Stanley. In that case, the advisor was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after admitting he solicited funds from clients by promising steady returns through purportedly low-risk investments. The total amount taken from at least a dozen clients in that scheme was reported to be over $7 million, and victims included retirees and other individuals who trusted the advisor based on his affiliation with Morgan Stanley. The conviction followed a federal investigation and prosecution in North
- April 22, 2022, Investment News reported that Marc and MDF Law represented a dozen clients of Emerson Equity in FINRA arbitration matters concerning GWG. GWG was an investment that was sold to mostly elderly retain investors throughout the United States. In 2022, the investment filed for bankruptcy and was exposed as a ponzi scheme shortly thereafter.